The International Federation for Sports Officials (IFSO) was founded at The Peace Palace in the city of The Hague in the Netherlands on March 2019. It is the first of its kind and has been founded to enhance sports officiating across all sports.

IFSO aims to be the platform for sharing knowledge, experience and best practice in sports officiating, and will be seen as the world leaders in the field of generic education and development for the sector.

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  • On 8 March #IWD2024 we were delighted to present you with the final WINS report. Today we are going one step further by giving you access to the #toolkit for your female sports #officials. 🎁🎁A toolkit for Sport Organisations 🎁🎁 Access this toolkit to enhance......

  • As we commemorate International Women’s Day #IWD2024, the partners in the EU funded WINS project are thrilled to unveil the results of this groundbreaking three-year initiative aimed at improving the recruitment, retention and engagement of #women #sportsofficials (#referees, #judges, #umpires etc). These new innovative tools......

  • EPAS 8 March Breakfast roundtable on Sport officiating and gender equality. Gender-based discrimination and inequalities negatively impact referees in most sports. For women the situation is even worse… What can we do to combat this? Join the discussion Conseil de l’Europe #EPAS (enlarged partial agreement......